Stage 5/Reamaining fragments of Yardsticks by Debora Henry https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2016-11-18 21:58:33 UTC 2025-10-30 13:51:17 UTC hello@padlet.com “To meet the developmental needs of 7th and 8th graders, mixed –age, team-taught classrooms work well (p. 25).” I LOVE the idea in the middle school but admit that I can’t wrap my head around how it could be done in many of the academic areas. Even with somewhat homogeneous groupings that we have in our math classes right now, I feel as though differentiating well is requires a lot of time consuming planning and then isn’t always as effective as I envision. Perhaps this is everyone’s story? deborahenrycrcs https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844132 2016-11-18 22:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844132 (BK) I was most in tune to the development of my 6 and 10 year old. “Industrious” describes the overall behavior of children at six (p. 75). But it seemed to be an underlying theme through age 10. This supports the need for repetition and products. deborahenrycrcs https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844354 2016-11-18 22:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844354 (c) Emotional-an ounce of encouragement produces a beaming smile while an ounce of criticism (or what six-year-olds perceive as criticism) can lead to tears, pouting and withdraw. This makes sense in my house! This is also a developmental characteristic that many of my 11s and 12s display at school but in a different manner. Instead of a beaming smile, it’s a “ya-hoo” or instead of crying, it’s shut-down and anger. There is a shift, in that most students are able to handle criticism and understand that feedback is a tool for teaching. As I might expect, some of my students who do not handle erroneous feedback as well, are younger chronologically. deborahenrycrcs https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844651 2016-11-18 22:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/138844651 (BK) Comment zinkte87 https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/139992513 Deb I too took note of the repetition of it through the different ages and thought that was interesting. I don't think before reading this I would describe 6 and 10 year olds quite like that but can see the connection now after reading! ~ Tara Z. ]]> 2016-11-26 23:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/139992513 zinkte87 https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/139992573 I too thought that was interesting with the mixed-age classrooms but was trying to wrap my head around the logistics of it and got overwhelmed. I'm guessing with it being team-taught the "lows" of the older grade could be mixed with the "highs" of the younger grade to provide more instruction where they're at? I'm honestly not sure either but thought that would be a different take. ~ Tara Z]]> 2016-11-26 23:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/deborahenrycrcs/yiyyy0ibe8hf/wish/139992573